Rush Oak Park Hospital Malpractice Attorneys

Following established rules, protocols and procedures is a necessary duty of nursing home medical staff, administrators, and supervisors. This is because any mistreatment of the residents in a nursing home can be considered neglect. By law, the nursing facility is required to report all incidences of alleged abuse. They are also legally required to protect residents against any accident hazard that could cause them direct or indirect harm.

Our dedicated nursing home abuse case attorneys serve as legal advocates for all Illinois nursing home residents to ensure their rights and well-being are protected. We publish valuable publicly available information that outlines safety concerns and filed complaints against assisted-living homes, rehabilitation centers, and nursing facilities statewide.

The facility provides skilled nursing care to patients after a hospital stay who are unable to return home or be transferred to long-term care facilities.

Nursing Home Patient Safety Concerns

The federal government maintains their website portal www.Medicare.gov by updating comparison information on nursing facilities nationwide. Currently, Rush Oak Park Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit maintains an overall five out of five available star rating when compared to other facilities across the United States. This includes five out of five stars for health inspections and staffing and four out of five stars for quality measures.

Even though the facility maintains a high standard of quality care, the nursing home neglect attorneys at Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers LLC have found filed complaints and opened investigations against Rush Oak Park Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit. These include:

Failure to Provide an Environment Free of Accident Hazards:

In a summary statement of deficiencies dated 10/02/2015, a complaint investigation was opened against the facility for its failure “to have a nurse’s aide have hold of a resident’s contact guard assist device (gate belts) at all times while assisting a resident to transfer or ambulate, to prevent a resident from falling. This applies to one resident.” The complaint investigation is in response to an incident reported on 9/29/2015 where documentation shows a CNA “was assisting [a resident] in toileting.

[The resident] walked with a walker, wearing nonskid socks, gate belts intact, to the toilet. As [the resident] was maneuvering out of the restroom, her walker caught on the doorway causing her to lose balance and fall backward back into the restroom. [The CNA] who was in the doorway of the restroom, holding the gate belts, was not able to maneuver past the walker to ease the patient to the floor. [The resident landed on her left hip. The physician was made aware and x-ray done showed a new spiral of oblique fracture through the distal femoral meta-diaphysis distal to the femur stem on the left hip arthroplasty.”

Failure to Implement Policies Involving Abuse and Neglect at the Facility:

In a summary statement of deficiencies dated 02/20/2014, a complaint investigation was opened against the facility for their failure “to report an allegation of abuse in a timely manner for [one resident] failed to obtain fingerprints for 3 out of 8 personnel files reviewed out of a total of 12 patient care technician (PCT) and failed to have detailed abuse policy which clearly documents who the abuse prohibition coordinator is and when to notify the state of alleged abuse. These failures have the potential to affect all 19 patients on the hospital-based extended care (skilled) unit.”

This is partly in response to an 11/30/13 incident of alleged abuse reported by a resident’s daughter. During a 2/20/14, the unit director indicated “she had no documentation to present that the State was notified immediately upon learning of the allegation.” This is in direct violation of policies, protocol, and procedures.

Oak Park, Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers

If you, or a family member, have been mistreated while residing at Rush Oak Park Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit or any other nursing facility in Illinois, Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers LLC can help. Our team of dedicated Oak Park, Illinois nursing home abuse attorneys can assist you in filing a claim or lawsuit for financial compensation. We encourage you to contact us today by calling (888) 424-5757 to schedule a free, no obligation case review.

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